- How financially fit is your non-profit organisation?
- Are its financial resources well managed?
- How healthy are your financial control systems?
This checklist will diagnose the health of your organisation's systems of financial management.
Presentations on The Companies Act
The Companies Act 2008 finally became effective on 1 May 2011. All section 21 companies (associations not for gain) became non-profit companies on that day. Are you aware of all the implications of this and of how the Act affects the responsibilities that your organisation and its board members (directors) now have?
Executive directors, managers and board members of what were previously section 21 companies need to be aware of these important changes, together with all who are considering the setting up of a non profit organisation as a non-profit company. For this reason, Nicole Copley of NS Copley Consultancy and Paul Tyler of C. Masters Development Services invite you to a half-day presentation on the implications of the new Act for non-profit companies. The presentation is being hosted, and the training costs subsidised, by the BoE Private Clients’ Philanthropy Office.
The topics to be covered in the presentation will include:
- What happens to a former section 21 company (association not for gain) automatically and immediately?
- What do you need to do about these consequences?
- What new options does the Act offer?
- Under what circumstances might you need a new founding document?
- How do you go about changing your founding document?
- How have procedures and forms changed?
- What are the accounting and finance implications and how should you deal with them?
- Is an audit required?
- How do you work out your public interest score?
- What is an "independent review"?
- What should your annual Companies Act administration checklist look like?
- What is the impact on AGMs and agendas?
- How are directors affected?
Cape Town:
BoE Clocktower - Tuesday 8th May 2012
from 07h30 to 12h15
Clocktower Precinct
V and A Waterfront
Cape Town
Johannesburg:
Nedbank Group Building Auditorium - Friday 18th May 2012
from 07h30 to 12h15
135 Rivonia Road
Sandown
A light breakfast will be served at 07h30 at each venue, with the presentation commencing at 08h00.
Cost: R950 (including VAT, refreshments and parking)
Please don’t miss this opportunity to engage meaningfully with the implications of the Companies Act and its regulations.
RSVP to Reneé at CMDS - 021 797 6226 or to cmds@cmds.org.za
About the presenters:
Nicole Copley is an NGO lawyer who has worked in the sector for 18 years: setting up organisations, drafting and amending founding documents, obtaining tax exemptions and NPO registrations, and providing advice and assistance to NGOs. She also does training for NGOs on various aspects of governance and conducts King III assessments. Her background is in business law, and she drafts and checks agreements for her clients.
Paul Tyler is a Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years of experience working with non profit organisations in Southern Africa and the UK ranging from small community organisations to more established non profits and including many international funding agencies. Through this work he has gained valuable insights into the particular needs of non profits as well as the demands of funders. Paul is a skilled and impassioned trainer and thrives in an environment of learning and development. C. Masters Development Services offers people-centred support to non profits and funders through the provision of financial management and governance advice and support and bookkeeping and payroll services, together with mentoring and training in these areas.
